ABC11 Durham Neighborhood Safety Tracker

Updated December 11, 2025 by the ABC11 Data Team

ABC11 is tracking crime and safety across Durham and in your neighborhood.
You can choose which crime to examine: Thefts Assaults Vehicle Thefts Burglaries Homicides Robberies Sexual Assaults

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Thefts
Last 12 months
7,593

Through December 30

Average Thefts
2020 to 2022
7,365

Yearly average

Theft Rate
Last 12 months
2,659

Per 100,000 people

Average Theft Rate
2020 to 2022
2,579

Per 100,000 people

Thefts over the last 12 months are up 3% compared to the annual average over the last three years, according to the latest data available from the Durham Police Department.

The city averaged 146 thefts a week over the last 12 months. In 2019, that number was 151 a week.

Durham thefts neighborhood by neighborhood

The risk is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood. ABC11’s data team looked at the Durham Police Department’s data by neighborhood from 2019 through December 30, 2023.

The map color-codes each neighborhood by the theft rate over the last 12 months. The three darker blues represent neighborhoods with theft rates that are higher than the citywide rate. You can also click the box in the bottom right corner to see neighborhoods by the number of thefts.

Click on any neighborhood on the map to see detailed numbers, rates and trends.

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